Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The last time we blogged this case , the district court had sided with JLM, initially restricting Gutman’s use of the social media accounts and then awarding control over the accounts to JLM. Gutman appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Kravitz An Update on PhoneDog v. Christou v.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2025

Secondly, borrowing principles from one area of law into another, such as trademark law, into copyright law might not yield good results all the time, as happened in the present case, which I discussed in the previous post. The value of mediating IP disputes has been discussed in this blog.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2021

.” In June 2021, the Second Circuit overturned a decision by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that 1-800 Contacts violated antitrust laws by enforcing its trademark rights against online competitors. Alternatively, should trademark owners have a responsibility to aggressively protect their intellectual property?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

More recently in 2020, Sankalp Jain discussed the copyright challenges in “Dreams,” a video game enabling user-generated content, arguing for the Indian copyright law’s limitations in addressing the the issues around the fan-made creations within the game. Relevant here are Arun C.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. So a lot is implied in, or possible from, the title ( as is often my intent on this blog ). This blog piece looks beyond the U.S. 17 U.S.C. §

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, I blogged a ruling holding that Seeking Arrangements’ trademark infringement claim against Luxy could proceed because Luxy included Seeking Arrangements’ purported trademarks in its keyword metatags. LBF (& Vice-Versa). * Trademark Owners Just Can’t Win Keyword Advertising Cases–EarthCam v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

1-800 Contacts first appeared on this blog on February 9, 2005, my second day of blogging. 17 years later, I’m still blogging their ignoble trademark lawsuits. Some “highlights” of 1-800 Contacts’ trademark jurisprudence over the years: 1-800 Contacts v. WhenU (2d Cir. Jand, Inc. ,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. CPUSA2 appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. Bye, Goff appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

While this is a startling good defense ruling from a trademark law standpoint, I could see a state bar arguing that ads violate ethics rules if they produce hundreds of potentially misdirected prospective clients. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

The trademark owner memorably (and ridiculously) characterized the rival as engaging in “keyword conquesting,” a term I encourage you never to use. The court already sent that trademark claim to the jury ( my blog post on that ruling ). Peninsula appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. –Adler v McNeil appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. Colibri appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2024

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. 1-800 Contacts * Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword Ad Purchases–Lasoff v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. Warby Parker appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

When settlement discussions proved fruitless, Romag sued. 10 According to Fossil, the equity courts historically required plaintiffs to establish willfulness, or its historical equivalent, to obtain a profits award in trademark disputes. The Court found the argument intriguing but problematic.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Don’t forget to check them out on the blog too! The plaintiff alleged the defendant to be a trademark squatter who would file trademark applications and coerce legitimate trademark owners into paying large sums for no objection certificates. Marico Ltd. & & Anr vs J. & Ors.On

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The trademark owner sued the advertiser for trademark infringement and lost in the district court. Prior blog post on the district court ruling. So much time and money was wasted on the trademark battles over keyword ad sales back in the old days, and it would break my heart if we do all of that over again.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. Amazon. * More Evidence Why Keyword Advertising Litigation Is Waning. * Court Dumps Crappy Trademark & Keyword Ad Case–ONEPul v. . * Duplicitous Competitive Keyword Advertising Lawsuits–Fareportal v.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Trademark squatting simply means “an act of registering other people’s marks as their own by squatters in other countries in order to gain benefits from original marks or real trademark owners.” [3] A study of Indian and US Trademark Law relating to the effect of ‘Non-Use’of a trademark. [3] 2014). .—(1)

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This is a review of the new book, Research Handbook on the History of Trademark Law , edited by Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge) and Robert G. The volume would fit nicely under a normal-sized Christmas tree Readers of this blog know that trade mark law is rife with new developments and heated debates.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Putting an End to some long standing Trademark Disputes Some of the longest-running battles in Indian Trademark Law have finally reached their conclusions! While these cases raised critical questions in Trademark Law, what truly unites them is the sheer time it took for the courts to deliver a verdict.

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